{"id":455,"date":"2013-04-17T16:34:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=455"},"modified":"2013-04-17T16:34:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:34:24","slug":"a-bit-about-us-and-how-we-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/a-bit-about-us-and-how-we-work\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit about us and how we work!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always difficult to get a feel for a training company. What if you turn up to the training and it&#8217;s boring &#8211; or worse, wrong?! It&#8217;s not as if it&#8217;s just the cringe of the day itself is it.. at the back of your mind is the knowledge that all the time you&#8217;re doing this, your work is piling up back on your desk.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t expect you to just leap in!<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we&#8217;ve put together a couple of little demos of how we work, so that you&#8217;ll have a better idea of if we&#8217;re right for you, and what to expect. (Note, if you&#8217;re using Chrome, you may need to hit &#8216;refresh&#8217; for them to show.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; oh yes; a word of warning &#8211; the first presentation has music: don&#8217;t annoy your neighbours!<\/p>\n<p>One last comment: just because we don&#8217;t take ourselves too seriously, don&#8217;t get the impression we&#8217;re not absolutely serious about what we do. Everything we give you is researched, checked and validated &#8211; no fads for us! &#8211; but explained entertaining ways. That means you can <strong>use<\/strong> it, not just listen to the training!<\/p>\n<h2>How do you know if we&#8217;re the right company?<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/embed\/oxtpxgqxsmnq\/?bgcolor=ffffff&amp;lock_to_path=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;autohide_ctrls=0&amp;features=undefined&amp;disabled_features=undefined\" height=\"400\" width=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How do we know our training is right (and right for you!)?<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/embed\/hhvvrikuuisc\/?bgcolor=ffffff&amp;lock_to_path=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;autohide_ctrls=0&amp;features=undefined&amp;disabled_features=undefined\" height=\"400\" width=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>And what about the trainers?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/SR-035-Edit1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-463\" alt=\"SR 035-Edit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/SR-035-Edit1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/SR-035-Edit1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/SR-035-Edit1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Most of our public sector training is given by Simon Raybould. Simon&#8217;s before being a trainer, Simon was a university researcher (his PhD is into the environmental causes of childhood cancer), fire-eater and a lighting designer for dance companies. He&#8217;s also written a couple of books. Currently he lives in Newcastle with his wife and (occasionally) his daughters (when they want something).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/profile-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-464\" alt=\"Lydia by Steve Gart 2006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/profile-31-298x300.jpg\" width=\"179\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/profile-31-298x300.jpg 298w, http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/profile-31-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/profile-31-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/profile-31.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/a>Simon is backed up for the public sector work by Lydia. Lyd&#8217;s background is in arts administration and communication\/PR. Before working as a trainer she worked as a temp, in bars, with various PR agencies, ran an art gallery and as Special Projects Officer for the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always difficult to get a feel for a training company. What if you turn up to the training and it&#8217;s boring &#8211; or worse, wrong?! 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